Honorable Bennie G. Thompson

Bennie G. Thompson is a Tougaloo College graduate and the long-serving U.S. representative from Mississippi’s 2nd District. He has chaired the House Homeland Security Committee and led high-profile investigations into threats to democratic institutions.

U.S. representative from Mississippi since 1993.
Chaired the House Homeland Security Committee and the January 6th committee.
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2009.